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Domes Of Four Entrances At Golden Temple To Be Plated With 160-kg Gold

Written by  Nimrat Kaur -- July 17th 2018 11:33 AM
Domes Of Four Entrances At Golden Temple To Be Plated With 160-kg Gold

Domes Of Four Entrances At Golden Temple To Be Plated With 160-kg Gold

Domes Of Four Entrances At Golden Temple To Be Plated With 160-kg Gold The holiest shrine of the Sikhs, Golden Temple is set to shine brighter with 160-kg gold worth Rs 50 crore being plated on the domes of its four entrances. This will be in addition to the gold-plated Harmandar Sahib in the middle of the sarovar (holy tank), the domes of Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, and darshani deodi (entrance to the sanctum sanctorum). Domes Of Four Entrances At Golden Temple To Be Plated With 160-kg Gold The SGPC has decided to beautify the shrine by gold-plating the four deodis (entrances), which symbolise that the doors of Golden Temple are open for all, said a spokesperson of SGPC. Also Read: Golden Temple cooks to attend Centre’s Workshop on Hygiene

“An estimated 40 kg of gold will be used on each of the domes of the four deodis. Gold-plating of the maindeodi near Ghanta Ghar is underway since April through kar sewa (voluntarily service). Work on the rest will be taken up after the gold-plating of the first entrance is completed,” he said. -PTC News

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